Just after midnight on December 3rd, 1984, a gas leak occurred at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. A vigorous chemical reaction inside a methyl isocyanate (MIC) storage tank, nicknamed the Black Box, caused most of the material to vaporize and escape. Within days, over 2000 nearby residents were confirmed dead and tens of thousands exposed to toxic gases. This book will challenge many of the public's assumptions about the disaster.